August 2019 Article Archives
Open the Door to Opportunity with an NSAC Scholarship!
NSAC Scholarship Application open. Do you know a graduating high school senior or a current college student who’s excited about business, accounting, or finance? This is their chance to turn ambition into opportunity!
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OBBBA Gives Lenders a Partial Exclusion on Interest Earned on Certain Loans Secured by Rural or Agricultural Real Property
Renewal of Section 199A(g) The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, P.L. No. 119-21, made Section 199A(g) permanent by eliminating the December 31,2025 sunset provision in Section 199A(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Code Section 199A(g) offers a 9% deduction to specified agricultural and horticultural cooperatives on domestic production income. The following offers a very brief summary of the ...
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Qualified Opportunity Zones under OBBBA
This article will summarize the Qualified Opportunity Fund tax rules under old law and the changes made under the One Big Beautiful Bill of 2025 (OBBBA). It will also discuss the new rules for rural areas, and how these may be helpful to cooperatives. With the changes that were made in OBBBA, it may be worthwhile for cooperatives and their advisors to look more closely at these rules if the cooperative has a significant short- or ...
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The OBBBA Adds a New Option for Structuring Farmland Sales – What is it Worth?
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) includes a new Code section that allows owners of farmland who sell that land to farmers to elect to pay resulting federal income tax over four years without interest. See, Section 1062 (Gain from the Sale or Exchange of Qualified Farmland Property to Qualified Farmers). However, this provision is narrow. The election is limited to tax resulting from “gain from the sale or ...
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The Cooperative Accountant Winter 2026
The Winter 2026 issue of The Cooperative Accountant (TCA) has been released! Focusing on cooperative-related issues, such as accounting and auditing, finance, cooperative management, legal and regulatory issues and taxation, this journal has become widely recognized as the industry standard. NSAC members, please log into Connect to view or download the latest issue.
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